"Ex-NPR Capital Hill Reporter said she was, "Lied to Daily"

Ex-NPR Hill reporter: Lied to daily - Patrick Gavin - POLITICO.com


After 14 years at National Public Radio, Andrea Seabrook left in July and, to hear her talk about her experience covering Capitol Hill, it’s clear that she had one takeaway: It’s damn frustrating. “I realized that there is a part of covering Congress, if you’re doing daily coverage, that is actually sort of colluding with the politicians themselves because so much of what I was doing was actually recording and playing what they say or repeating what they say,” Seabrook told POLITICO. “And I feel like the real story of Congress right now is very much removed from any of that, from the sort of theater of the policy debate in Congress, and it has become such a complete theater that none of it is real. … I feel like I am, as a reporter in the Capitol, lied to every day, all day. There is so little genuine discussion going on with the reporters. … To me, as a reporter, everything is spin.”

Comment.......Wait a minute, it seems to me, let me think here. Didn't someone write about this only this morning?    OMG it was me!

 http://tyler306.blogspot.com/2012/08/sea-of-what.html

"Sea of What?"

Every once in a while I have to vent and this Sea of Galilee thing put me over the edge. Lately I haven’t been in the mood for much of anything because I'm trying not to watch TV or listen to the news and think about the negative things that go on around this country.  Then I hear by email about these morons and the excuses they come up with about swimming in the "Sea of Galilee". That triggers memories of what we are going to have to go through with the up and coming election. These morons, instead of being in meetings working tirelessly 24 hours a day on economy issues and how to lower the price of gas to a reasonable price so the economy will level out hopefully stopping the oil company's from bleeding the American public into bankruptcy. These idiots are taking an alcohol prompted moonlight swim just so they can say they did this crazy thing on the taxpayers tab. That's the truth! Someone said it was religious thing. Stop it, before I throw up...I’m already tired of this kind of bad news and the endless chatter from these elected officials and candidates. Its like it’s a huge cycle and its starting all over again with the impossible campaign promises that are not really promises but lies. Not one candidate is saying anything! They are just the usual rhetorical lies. No one is addressing the real issues. The National debt. The anger that now is turning into rage, welfare, illegal’s, immigration, crime, homelessness, drug addiction, drug smuggling, human trafficking, corruption and fraud in the system. No one is saying anything about the fact that there are too many people in this country and will talk about over-population. No one will say anything about conservation, the environment, joblessness, greed, education, bullying, gay issues or the prices of food for fear of getting someone upset and losing a campaign donation. No one will say one word about that…They all live in a bubble. All they do is lie about each other. Not one of these morons knows anything about the real feelings of the people. They all went to private schools and were protected from the outside world. What do they know about hunger and the emotional pain you go through when you don't know how your going to get to the doctor for an appointment or where your next meal is coming from? These are the same people that own the mansions, summer cottages and private beaches on the ocean. They are all liars. I resent them all…Democrat and Republican. Ask yourself when was the last time anyone one of these liars flew on a commercial airliner? They all fly with private jets. When was the last time they were looked at by an x-ray machine and were embarrassed by being touched and body searched by a stranger or had their belongings pawed through. They all have pilots that do their flying, drivers that do their driving and shoppers that do their shopping. They all have nannies, chefs, servants and public relation people that repair damage or put a spin on a bad story. Under the guise of security its all paid for by your TAX dollars...Not one of these fools really cares about you and me. They have no idea what really happens when you are out of money a week before payday and they are going to shut your lights off before you can pay the bill…They don‘t know the hopeless feeling it is when you don‘t have a job and you have to borrow money from your father to eat. I don’t have to tell you all this stuff. Its always been the same and it will never change because people like you and me want to believe them and its been going on for years. The people are like sheep. I have been saying it for months… Its only going to get worse…It will never get better and really change and if it does, the problems will still be there! They will take the money and run, only you will have to pay for it…While you are doing that you might as well give the so-called winners, if you want to call them that, of the election a raise and a fleet of bullet proof limos. They are going to need them in the future. I have a feeling the people are getting sick and tired of all their lies, corruption and excuses..

“President For a Year” Part 3

Part 3

“President For a Year”

“In Conclusion”

There will be a Ban all television commercials starting immediately. Ban all suggestive material which includes music and video games designed to entice teenagers to be violent, have sex or use drugs. Anyone caught importing drugs from any country into the U.S. will be arrested for attempted murder. This includes the street drug dealers or anybody that has anything to do with illegal drugs. No exceptions. Any drug addict who wants help can have it as long as they deem it necessary. It will paid for in full by the money that will be confiscated from any and all the countries that have drug money in any bank in the U.S. Treatment is free to citizens only. Then I woke up……………..Think this is Extreme and a fantasy? I would be the first one to agree with you. If this or any part of this is done, I believe the smiles you don’t see anymore would come back. There would be less crowded roads and highways. It would be less crowded everywhere. The air would be clean. Can you imagine looking up at night and seeing the stars again? Did you know there is so much pollution that your kids have never seen the stars the way it was? Can you imagine drinking the water out of the faucet in a real glass instead of a plastic bottle? Can you imagine getting gas at your local gas station and seeing a High School kid named John instead of Abdul working the cash register? Can you remember when you heard the name Mohamed you thought of a Heavy Weight Champion instead of a bomb blast somewhere? Gas would be $49.9 cents a gallon the way its supposed to be. People would trust one another again. A deal sealed with a hand shake would work instead of signing 6 copies. Families would stay together instead of being torn apart and ruined by alcoholism, drug abuse and teen pregnancy. Honesty and morals would be a mainstay and the thing to do. Love would be what real love is supposed to be about and not just a passing desire for a few years or until you are tired of one another. Marriage would be when, “Through sickness and health” meant just that. The perfect family where Dad works and Mom watches the kids just might reappear. Maybe the kids would be outside playing in the yard instead going on the internet or playing video games. Just maybe a movie would be shown without a gun or death in it. Yes, and to all you people that will say this country was founded by certain principles, your right but most of those principles don’t exist anymore. You are right though, I would be the first to tell you the old words to the Constitution are there but Lawyers and corruption have changed and twisted the words to make them be whatever they want them to be. It seems we are so busy fixing the world problems we are not watching what is happening in our own back yard. Our country is growing faster than our coping skills can handle it. Maybe it would take some tough decisions and limit setting to fix things but right now the United States is not United. Right now, it has no future. If you think it does, you have been blinded by all the lies and manipulation. If the United States continues on the path it is going, well you think about it. Project a little into the future…You will see what I mean and if you don’t, may God bless you. Your going to need it. L.J. Ferrari